1957 Canada Cup Explained

1957 Canada Cup
Dates:24–27 October
Location:Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Course:Kasumigaseki Country Club
East Course
Format:72 holes stroke play
combined score
Par:72[1]
Yardage:6.895yd
Field:30 two-man teams
Champion:
Torakichi Nakamura & Koichi Ono
Score:557
Map:Asia#Japan#Japan Saitama Prefecture
Map Label:Kasumigaseki Country Club
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1956
Next:1958

The 1957 Canada Cup took place 24–27 October on the East Course at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.[2] It was the fifth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same 29 teams that had competed in 1956 with the addition of Thailand. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Japanese team of Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono won by nine strokes over the American team of Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Torakichi Nakamura, seven shots ahead of Gary Player, Sam Snead and Dave Thomas.[3]

Teams

Country Players
Antonio Cerdá and Leopoldo Ruiz
Bruce Crampton and Peter Thomson
Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck
Mário Gonzalez and Juan Querrellos
Al Balding and Stan Leonard
Manuel Morales and Enrique Orellana
Chen Ching-Po and Hsieh Yung-yo
Oswaldo de Vincenzo and Miguel Sala
Henning Kristensen and Carl Paulsen
Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Mohamed Said Moussa
Peter Alliss and Ken Bousfield
Jean Garaïalde and François Saubaber
Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr
Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni
Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono
Felipe Galindo and Jose Palacios
Cees Cramer and Gerard de Wit
John Kelly and Ernie Southerden
Leony Carrasco and Celestino Tugot
Henrique Paulino and Fernando Silva
Eric Brown and John Panton
Harold Henning and Gary Player
Park Myeong-chul and Yun Duk-choon
Carlos Celles and Ángel Miguel
Åke Bergquist and Harry Karlsson
Jacky Bonvin and Robert Lanz
Uthai Dabphavibul and Manb Debphavibul
Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead
Dai Rees and Dave Thomas
Georg Bessner and Kaspar Marx

Source[4]

Scores

Team

Place Country Score To par
1 141-138-135-143=557 −19
2 136-145-142-143=566 −10
3 144-139-146-140=569 −7
4 145-139-145-143=572 −4
5 146-140-142-145=573 −3
6 145-144-141-146=576 E
7 146-140-148-145=579 +3
8 146-145-144-146=581 +5
9 147-146-147-146=586 +10
10 150-150-149-138=587 +11
align=center rowspan=2T11 149-151-152-143=595 align=center rowspan=2+19
151-148-147-149=595
13 154-148-153-144=599 +23
align=center rowspan=3T14 151-151-153-148=603 align=center rowspan=3+27
152-151-150-150=603
150-157-152-144=603
17 154-149-156-146=605 +29
18 149-154-155-148=606 +30
align=center rowspan=2T19 154-163-146-148=611 align=center rowspan=2+35
153-153-151-154=611
21 154-152-155-152=613 +37
22 156-157-152-150=616 +40
23 155-151-158-159=623 +47
24 158-154-161-153=626 +50
align=center rowspan=2T25 156-161-162-154=633 align=center rowspan=2+57
154-163-162-154=633
27 164-157-161-153=635 +59
28 164-161-161-151=637 +61
WD 148-147-WD
WD

Harry Bradshaw of Ireland withdrew after 36 holes due to a broken nose, while Fernando Silva of Portugal withdrew after 54 holes due to illness.

Source[5] [6]

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par
1 68-68-67-71=274 −14
align=center rowspan=3T2 73-69-71-68=281 align=center rowspan=3−7
67-74-71-69=281
Dave Thomas73-67-70-71=281
align=center rowspan=2T5 71-71-70-71=283 align=center rowspan=2−5
73-70-68-72=283
T7 Bruce Crampton73-71-72-69=285 −3
Jimmy Demaret69-71-71-74=285
9 Peter Thomson72-68-73-74=287 −1
T10 Peter Alliss73-67-75-73=288 E
Antonio Cerdá72-72-73-71=288
Harold Henning71-70-75-72=288

Source[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Japanese Golf Duo Tops Yanks; Snead Erratic . The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . Associated Press . 25 October 1957 . 16.
  2. Web site: The Kasumigaseki Country Club: A History and Tradition Spanning more than 80 Years . 2016-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161225214018/https://www.kasumigasekicc.or.jp/historyEnglish/index.html . 2016-12-25 . dead .
  3. News: The Times . 28 October 1957 . 13 . Two trophies for Japan.
  4. News: The Times . 19 October 1957 . 11 . Record entry for Canada Cup.
  5. News: Canada Cup Final Scores . Stars and Stripes (Pacific edition) . Associated Press . 29 October 2016 . 23.
  6. News: Japan's "double" win in Canada Cup . The Glasgow Herald . 28 October 1957 . 4.